Handling In-Flight Emergencies

Chapter 1: Attitudes

Chapter 2: Engine failure

Chapter 3: The VFR pilot in IFR conditions

Chapter 4: Electrical system failure

Chapter 5: Getting found

Chapter 6: Control systems emergencies

Chapter 7: Water landings

Chapter 8: Icing

Chapter 9: Tunderstorm encounters

Chapter 10: Loss of communications

Chapter 11: Partial-panel flying

Chapter 12: Some other happenings and suggestions

Chapter 13: Conclusion

Index

About the Author

Do you know the best way to get found if you're forced down, radioless, in the wilderness? Can you land in heavy surface winds? What happens if your engine fails? Are you prepared for the unexpected?

Pilot Jerry Eichenberger's Handling In-Flight Emergencies is the best way to prepare for the unexpected-and to fly more confidently and safely. This guide can help you-

* Apply the best prevention, management, and correction strategies for all in-flight emergencies
* Fly knowing you're armed with the best solutions to in-air crises
* Follow critical preflight and training procedures that protect you aloft
* Learn preferred ways of coping with icing, thunderstorms, wind shear, mechanical and electrical failures, IFR conditions, navigational errors, spatial disorientation, and more
* Discover equipment to help you identify and reduce dangers that might otherwise go undetected
* Evaluate avionics products before you need them
* Learn from other pilots' errors

REAL-LIFE CASE STUDIES ILLUSTRATE EACH EMERGENCY SITUATION

A volume in the McGraw-Hill Practical Flying Series